Jovito Salonga

Jovito Reyes Salonga (22 June 1920-10 March 2016) was President of the Senate of the Philippines from 27 July 1987 to 1 January 1992, succeeding Gil Puyat and preceding Neptali Gonzales.

Biography
Neptali Gonzales was born on 22 June 1920 in Pasig City, Philippines, and he was a veteran of the Filipino Resistance during World War II. Under Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, he was a major opposition leader to the government, and in 1987 he became President of the Senate after the People Power Revolution of Corazon Aquino. He died in 2016 at the age of 95.